21! „He once believed he would never get to have children. The comedian could not be more sincere with that hashtag either: before Jax's arrival in 2013 he had been through a total of 21 rounds of in-vitro fertilization with all four of his wives.”

Tyra Banks and Chrissy Teigen Open Up About Fertility Issues: 'It's Been a Process'

In an emotional segment on their new daytime talk show FABlife, Tyra Banks and Chrissy Teigen discussed the troubles they've had with trying to conceive.

"Every single time I sit down for an interview with anybody…I will say, just being two years into being married, the questions just come from all over," Teigen said. "It's kind of crazy because I can't imagine being that nosy to be like, 'So, when are the kids coming?' because who knows what somebody's going through."

The 29-year-old model continued, revealing that she and her husband, singer John Legend, have had issues trying to get pregnant and have even seen fertility doctors.

"John and I were having trouble. We would have had kids five, six years ago if it had happened," she said. "But my gosh, it's been a process."

Teigen adds that as she started to open up about her own fertility struggles, she started to realize that many other women around her were experiencing the same thing.

Her sentiments hit closer to home than she expected.

Banks chimed in, admitting to fertility issues of her own, as she unexpectedly grew very emotional and began to cry, sharing that she put off kids in her twenties to focus on other things.

"It's so funny when I was 23 years old, I used to tell myself, 'In three years, I'm going to have kids.' Then I turned 24. 'In three years, I'm going to have kids,'" Banks, 41, said. "Every single year I kept saying that. And then after a while it's like, 'Okay, now I want to.' And it's not so easy."

Before FABLife premiered, the former supermodel, spoke to PEOPLE about her "traumatic" attempts with IVF procedures in hopes of conceiving.

"I've had some not happy moments with that, very traumatic moments," she said. "It's difficult as you get older. It's not something that can just happen."

While she and Teigen were honest about the difficulties of having children, Banks is staying positive.

She added to PEOPLE, "I hope [for kids]. I don't just want one child. I want a litter! And I want to be the kind of mom where my child can come to me for anything."

Chrissy Teigen shared a photo of her daughter, Luna Simone Stephens, and it’s seriously cute. The new mom can’t seem to get enough of her baby girl and took to Instagram to show the world how the Legend household does bath time.

WHEN reports surfaced today that 49-year-old singer Janet Jackson, who will turn 50 on May 16, is pregnant with her first child, many fertility experts felt a familiar sense of frustration.

“When Janet Jackson says ‘We decided to focus on our family’ and two months later she’s pregnant, it makes it look like that’s all you need to do at age 49. It’s not helpful for women who are struggling to conceive on their own,” said IVF specialist and fertility expert Dr Devora Lieberman, from Sydney’s Genea clinic.

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“The only thing that works in women over 45 is an egg donor” , Prof. Illingworth said. “The younger the egg donor, the better.”

President of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Dr Steve Robson, says older women struggling to fall pregnant need to be reassured that natural pregnancies over the age of 44 are “almost impossible”.

“Every pregnancy I’ve seen in women over 45 has been through a donated egg,” he said.

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Kelly Preston and Geena Davis both had children at 48. Halle Berry gave birth at 46 and David Bowie’s wife Iman fell pregnant with the couple’s son at age 45.

It is said that no one’s life is as perfect as their Facebook page. But sometimes social media can also become an opportunity for people to share hardships, especially since it is on their own terms.

In 2015 Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his very public Facebook page that he and his wife Priscilla Chan were expecting a baby girl. He went on to say that the couple has been trying for years and had three miscarriages. “Most people don't discuss miscarriages because you worry your problems will distance you or reflect upon you — as if you're defective or did something to cause this. So you struggle on your own,” he movingly revealed. “In today's open and connected world, discussing these issues doesn't distance us; it brings us together. It creates understanding and tolerance, and it gives us hope.”

Zuckerberg isn’t the only public figure to speak openly on social media about difficulty with infertility and IVF. This awareness raises tremendous support for women struggling with similar issues.

Last month fashion designer and TV personality Whitney Port blogged about her fertility scare after she and her husband Tim contracted bacterial infections on their honeymoon in Fiji. “The infection cleared up, but my doctor seemed concerned that this could have an effect on me getting pregnant down the road,” Port wrote in her blog post. In fact, Port had announced her pregnancy on her Instagram and is chronicling her pregnancy on her YouTube channel, where she hopes to create an interactive community where people can share their journeys, ask questions and get answers without facing mom shame.

TMI? Not at all. Angela Bassett, Chrissy Teigen, Beyonce, Giuliana Rancic, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and Jimmy Fallon have all bravely and publicly shared fertility issues. It makes everyone feel less isolated. “...it’s detrimental for me as a woman to not be honest about that and that it’s detrimental that women don’t talk about these things because when you go through it you feel like you’re suffering in silence by yourself,” Jaime King shared with Fit Pregnancy about how it took many years to become pregnant.

But is it a good idea to use social media as a medium for discussing these challenges, especially such deeply personal ones like fertility and IVF? Brian Levine, MD, a founding partner and practice director of CCRM New York believes it can be incredibly healing. “I applaud those courageous men and women who are willing to go online and share their story,” he says. “People forget that infertility affects one in eight couples worldwide, not America, not social media users, worldwide. Everybody knows someone who is struggling. The more people who share their experience and say, 'it’s okay to have a hard time,' is a gift and helps so many others.”

In fact, sharing these challenges goes beyond celebrities. Rebekah George Wornow turned to social media for information gathering when she began struggling to get pregnant. “Social media, largely Facebook and Instagram, was my news source,” says Wornow who is a CCRM patient under the care of the clinic’s founder and medical director William Schoolcraft, MD. “I also joined a private Facebook support group, founded by another CCRM patient, to help with the pain I was going through.”

Dr. Levine does caution however that social media can sometimes mislead people. “When someone is sharing their story, the thing that needs to be known is that this is their story,” he explains. “Everyone has a different diagnosis and treatment plan. My only concern with social media is that everyone expects the same result as someone else, and people need to understand that they are individuals and that individuals need to be treated individually.”

For example, Dr. Levine notes that when a patient goes online and shares, I’m 39 years old so I need to do IVF right away, the answer might be no. “You may not need to do IVF, but the patient who did IVF who posted online may have very few eggs left and may have recurrent implantation failures or a number of things going on,” he says. “I always tell patients, 'this is someone’s individual story. This is not your story, so just be aware of that.'”

R&B singer John Legend has opened up about his efforts to become a dad again, revealing he and model wife Chrissy Teigen are closer than ever as they try for a second child.

The stars welcomed daughter Luna last year (14Apr16) after secretly struggling to become parents and they have recently started trying to expand their family again using in-vitro fertility (IVF) treatments.

"Having a baby is a big challenge for a couple, and going through that together strengthens your bond, because if you make it through (having a child), you know you can make it through anything," John tells America's Cosmopolitan magazine. "I think it’s especially difficult when you can’t conceive naturally. You want to feel like everything’s working properly and want everything to be perfect, but sometimes it’s not."

The All of Me hitmaker has nothing but praise for those helping the couple achieve its family dream, and he is forever thankful to the pair's physician for giving him and Chrissy hope.

"I wouldn’t say we can’t conceive naturally, but I would say that it’s enough of a challenge where it felt like we needed help," he shares of their decision to turn to an IVF doctor. "We’re lucky that we’re living in an age where we can conceive in other ways. (IVF) brought us Luna and hopefully it will bring us a few more awesome kids too."

Chrissy sobered up ahead of her new battle to become a mum again, recently revealing she is curbing her alcohol consumption out of fear she was drinking too much - and John has nothing but support for his wife of four years.

"We’re always honest with each other, so we discuss everything that’s on our minds," he adds. "When she was thinking about how she wanted to drink less, we talked about it.

"I just want to support her. I want her to be happy and to live the fullest, most awesome life she can, and I want us to do it together. Whenever she sets her mind to anything, I always tell her, 'I want to support you and help you do it'."

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Do Celebrities Mislead Women About How Easy It Is to Get Pregnant in Your 40s?

Halle Berry had a baby at 47, Laura Linney welcomed her little one at 49, Kelly Preston was 48 when she gave birth, and Geena Davis had twins at 48. Then earlier this year Janet Jackson topped the list after giving birth at age 50. And this is just a handful of the celebrity mamas who are giving birth well past 40 years old.